Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage

Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage

Hōkūleʻa departed Natal on Friday, February 12, 2016, at 10:00am Brazil time (3:00am HST) and set sail for St. John U.S. Virgin Islands. During the 10-day stop in Natal, a new crew arrived from Honolulu to relieve the 12 crew members who just completed the 3,000 nautical-mile journey from Cape...

Creating HaikuA new passion on HokuMahalo Gary
And so begins another chapter, another voyage, another experience aboard Hōkūleʻa. Typically for me, I’m a week plus getting started on my journal – enjoying the surroundings, reflecting on the port of departure, getting my sea legs always seem to trump writing. But once...

The Hawaiian crew that's sailing a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe around the world to raise environmental awareness is in Hampton Roads this week to advance plans to sail to Newport News in April.
Crew members met with Mariners' Museum members, staff and local educators Friday afternoon to discuss their upcoming visit...

“When we first started training to do this, everyone thought it was impossible.”

With this simple statement made from the deck of the Polynesian voyaging canoe, Hōkūleʻa, as she prepares to enter the Atlantic Ocean for the very first time, captain and pwo navigator Bruce Blankenfeld reminds us of...

MAURITIUS – The crew of the Hōkūleʻa, received a warm welcome this week upon reaching the island nation of Mauritius. The stop is a critical waypoint on the dangerous Indian Ocean leg of the Worldwide Voyage.
“Mauritius is a very strategic port of call for the Worldwide Voyage,...

“We are looking at this issue about mālama honua, taking care of the earth, we don’t fully know how to do that. That’s why we sail. We’re on this voyage of trying to find how to become those values. And so when you come to the Green School it’s one of...

In the black of night, when we’re steering by the stars and counting the miles with bubbles racing by our speeding canoe, we are reminded how truly analog voyaging was for centuries. What we call “art” now, a bundle of sennit hanging on the wall or a woven piece...

For almost a week, Hōkūleʻa and her crew have been safely separated from the lumpy seas of the Indian Ocean, enjoying Direction Island, a calm corner of Cocos Lagoon that functions as a park and marine reserve. Surrounded by cruising sailboats hailing from Germany, Holland, U.S., and U.K. to...

Both voyaging canoes Hikianalia and Hokule’a are on the move Sunday night.

Hokule’a is off the coast of Northern Australia, and Hikianalia on her way back home to O’ahu. Hikianalia set sail Monday morning for the northwestern island of Nihoa.
On board are several members of the Nature Conservancy and community...